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attempted Movie cash-ins of TV series

by enriquemadera • Created 3 years ago • Modified 6 months ago
includes sequel movies, prequel movies, reunion movies, spin-off movies, remake movies, revival movies, movies based on TV episodes or sketches, and movies edited together from series episodes or sketches.
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  • Andy Devine and Guy Madison in The Yellow Haired Kid (1952)

    1. The Yellow Haired Kid

    195252m
    Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok," The Yellow Haired Kid and Johnny Deuce, edited together and released as a feature.
    DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsGuy MadisonAndy DevineWilliam Phipps
  • I Love Lucy (1953)

    2. I Love Lucy

    19531h 20m
    8.2 (553)
    Desi Arnaz greets the "I Love Lucy" studio audience and invites them to watch Lucille Ball and the cast film a special extended episode.
    DirectorsMarc DanielsEdward SedgwickStarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian Vance
    not commercially released until 2007 DVD
  • The Final Test (1953)

    3. The Final Test

    19531h 24mApproved
    6.6 (260)
    Sam Palmer is a cricketer about to play the final test match of his career. His schoolboy son Reggie is a budding poet who disappoints him by not attending the penultimate day's play. Unexpectedly, Reggie is invited to the home of poet and writer Alexander Whitehead. Reggie fears he will also miss the final day--and therefore Sam's last innings--but it turns out that Alexander is a cricket lover.
    DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsJack WarnerRobert MorleyGeorge Relph
    remake of BBC Sunday-Night Theatre episode
  • Six Gun Decision (1953)

    4. Six Gun Decision

    195354m
    A compilation of two episodes from the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series, Border City Election and Pony Express vs. Telegraph, edited together and released as a feature film.
    DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsGuy MadisonAndy DevineGloria Saunders
  • Grace Kelly and Anthony Dawson in Dial M for Murder (1954)

    5. Dial M for Murder

    19541h 45mPG75Metascore
    8.2 (200K)
    A London playboy plots the perfect murder of his rich, unfaithful Wife.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRay MillandGrace KellyRobert Cummings
    remake of BBC Sunday-Night Theatre episode
  • Ben Alexander, Ann Robinson, and Jack Webb in Dragnet (1954)

    6. Dragnet

    19541h 28mApproved
    6.6 (1.2K)
    Two homicide detectives investigate the brutal shotgun murder of a crime syndicate member.
    DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBen AlexanderRichard Boone
  • Superman Flies Again (1954)

    7. Superman Flies Again

    19541h 17m
    6.4 (85)
    Compilation of 3 episodes of the "Adventures of Superman" TV show: episodes #30 ("Jet Ace"), #35 ("The Dog Who Knew Superman"), and #42 ("The Clown Who Cried").
    DirectorsGeorge BlairThomas CarrStarsGeorge ReevesNoel NeillJack Larson
  • George Reeves, John Hamilton, Jack Larson, and Noel Neill in Superman in Exile (1954)

    8. Superman in Exile

    19541h 17m
    6.8 (73)
    Compilation of 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" tv series: episode #33 ("Superman in Exile"), 36 ("The Face and the Voice"), and #51 ("The Whistling Bird").
    DirectorsGeorge BlairThomas CarrStarsGeorge ReevesNoel NeillJack Larson
  • Superman and the Jungle Devil (1954)

    9. Superman and the Jungle Devil

    19541h 17m
    6.5 (73)
    Compilation of 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" tv series: episodes #39 ("Machine That Could Plot Crimes"), #40 ("Jungle Devil"), and #31 ("Shot in the Dark").
    DirectorsGeorge BlairThomas CarrStarsGeorge ReevesNoel NeillJack Larson
  • George Reeves in Superman's Peril (1954)

    10. Superman's Peril

    19541h 17mApproved
    6.3 (70)
    Compilation of 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" tv series: episode #47 ("The Golden Vulture"), #44 ("The Semi-Private Eye"), and #32 ("The Defeat of Superman").
    DirectorsGeorge BlairThomas CarrStarsGeorge ReevesNoel NeillJack Larson
  • George Reeves in Superman and Scotland Yard (1954)

    11. Superman and Scotland Yard

    19541h 30m
    6.3 (74)
    Compilation of 3 episodes of "The Adventures of Superman" tv series: episodes #34 ("A Ghost for Scotland Yard"), #49 ("Lady in Black"), and #38 ("Panic in the Sky").
    DirectorsGeorge BlairThomas CarrStarsGeorge ReevesNoel NeillJack Larson
  • Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair in Marty (1955)

    12. Marty

    19551h 30mApproved82Metascore
    7.6 (29K)
    A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.
    DirectorDelbert MannStarsErnest BorgnineBetsy BlairEsther Minciotti
    remake of The Philco Television Playhouse episode
  • The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

    13. The Quatermass Xperiment

    19551h 18mApproved
    6.6 (8K)
    Professor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.
    DirectorVal GuestStarsBrian DonlevyJack WarnerRichard Wordsworth
  • Fess Parker in Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955)

    14. Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier

    19551h 33mApproved
    6.8 (5.3K)
    American frontiersman Davy Crockett fights in the Creek Indian War, is elected to the U.S. Congress and fights for Texas at the Alamo.
    DirectorNorman FosterStarsFess ParkerBuddy EbsenBasil Ruysdael
    three The Magical World of Disney episodes edited together
  • Gang Busters (1955)

    15. Gang Busters

    19551h 14mApproved
    5.5 (186)
    Hardened criminal repeatedly breaks out of Oregon State Prison, eluding police for prolonged periods afterwards.
    DirectorBill KarnStarsMyron HealeyDon C. HarveySam Edwards
  • Jon Hall and Marjorie Lord in Thunder Over Sangoland (1955)

    16. Thunder Over Sangoland

    19551h 13m
    5.8 (16)
    Three episodes (27,28,29) of the TV series Ramar of the Jungle (1952) edited together and released as a feature.
    DirectorSam NewfieldStarsJon HallRay MontgomeryMarjorie Lord
  • Andy Devine and Guy Madison in The Matchmaking Marshal (1955)

    17. The Matchmaking Marshal

    195554m
    Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.
    DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsGuy MadisonAndy DevineBobby Jordan
  • Bette Davis, Ernest Borgnine, Debbie Reynolds, and Barry Fitzgerald in The Catered Affair (1956)

    18. The Catered Affair

    19561h 34mApproved
    7.4 (4K)
    When Jane Hurley tells her parents Tom (a struggling cab driver) and Agnes (a domestic engineer) that she is marrying Ralph Halloran, Agnes starts planning a big wedding, even though Jane and Ralph don't want it and Tom cannot afford it.
    DirectorRichard BrooksStarsBette DavisErnest BorgnineDebbie Reynolds
    remake of Goodyear Playhouse episode
  • Van Heflin in Patterns (1956)

    19. Patterns

    19561h 23mApproved
    7.7 (3.9K)
    When Fred Staples is recruited onto the board of a high-powered New York corporation, he finds his ethics and ambition at odds.
    DirectorFielder CookStarsVan HeflinEverett SloaneEd Begley
    remake of Kraft Theatre episode(s)
  • Buddy Ebsen, Fess Parker, and Jeff York in Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)

    20. Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

    19561h 21mApproved
    6.6 (2.6K)
    Davy and his friends leave for New Orleans to sell some fur pelts.
    DirectorNorman FosterStarsFess ParkerBuddy EbsenJeff York
    two episodes of The Magical World of Disney edited together
  • Ransom! (1956)

    21. Ransom!

    19561h 49mApproved
    7.0 (2.5K)
    After the child of wealthy parents gets abducted, the police and a member of the press intervene to assist the parents in their search but end up complicating their impending decisions.
    DirectorAlex SegalStarsGlenn FordDonna ReedLeslie Nielsen
    remake of The United States Steel Hour episode, "Fearful Decision"
  • Paul Newman and Anne Francis in The Rack (1956)

    22. The Rack

    19561h 40mApproved
    6.8 (1.8K)
    A decorated Korean War hero inexplicably collaborates with the enemy while interred in a POW camp and is court-martialed.
    DirectorArnold LavenStarsPaul NewmanWendell CoreyWalter Pidgeon
    remake of The United States Steel Hour episode
  • Henry Fonda, Martin Balsam, Jack Klugman, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Edward Binns, John Fiedler, E.G. Marshall, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Jack Warden, and Robert Webber in 12 Angry Men (1957)

    23. 12 Angry Men

    19571h 36mApproved97Metascore
    9.0 (939K)
    The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin Balsam
    remake of Studio One episode
  • Quatermass 2 (1957)

    24. Quatermass 2

    19571h 25mApproved
    6.7 (5.1K)
    Professor Quatermass, trying to gather support for his Lunar colonisation project, is intrigued by mysterious traces that have been showing up.
    DirectorVal GuestStarsBrian DonlevyJohn LongdenSidney James
  • "Edge of the City" (Saul Bass Poster) 1957 MGM

    25. Edge of the City

    19571h 25mApproved
    7.2 (3.8K)
    The budding friendship of two NYC longshoremen is threatened by a notably repugnant co-worker.
    DirectorMartin RittStarsJohn CassavetesSidney PoitierJack Warden
    remake of The Philco Television Playhouse episode, "A Man Is Ten Feet Tall"

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